Microsoft has made it pretty clear that won’t be able to upgrade most Windows Mobile 6.5 phones to Windows Phone 7 Series when the new mobile operating system is released later this year. But that doesn’t mean you need to buy a new device to get the look and feel of Windows Phone 7 Series.

An independent developer by the name of Jaxbot has released a beta version of a Windows Phone 7 theme for Windows Mobile. All you have to do is download and install a .cab file and you’ll get some of the coolest features of the upcoming OS, including Live tiles with rotating pictures and other features, a Bing search utility with a background that changes to match the Bing picture of the day, and a program launcher that resembles the Windows Phone 7 Series/Zune HD app launcher.

The theme is still a work in progress and it’s a little rough around the edges. But you can see what it looks like in the video after the break.

The Jaxbot Windows Phone 7 Series installer is available for download from the xda-developers forum.

via PocketNow

Brad Linder

Brad Linder is editor of Liliputing and Mobiputing. He's been tinkering with mobile tech for decades and writing about it since 2006. Brad has also worked with NPR, WHYY, PRI, and AOL.

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